The Village News

WORKING PARTY

WE NEED YOUR HELP ON SATURDAY, 6TH SEPTEMBER

Commencing at 11 a.m. volunteers are needed to join Mike Atlee and form a "Jolly Team" to clear Rickling Churchyard and return it to its former glory - a beautiful and peaceful place to be.

Please come along in your wellies and spare us any amount of your time: bring secateurs, a bin bag, rake and any other tools you think might be useful to help cut back and tidy the Churchyard. Thank you all. Your help is sincerely appreciated.

To volunteer your help and/or for further information, please contact:-

MIKE ATLEE on 542205 or 542266

QUENDON & RICKLING GOLF SOCIETY

Quendon & Rickling played Manuden in the inaugural competition for the Inter-Village Challenge Trophy on Thursday, July 10th. The challenge was staged at Saffron Walden Golf Club on what proved to be just about the driest afternoon of the week and, after team meetings with fortification in terms of food and drink, at 2:15pm battle commenced. There were six singles matches and four doubles and, perhaps fittingly for the opening match, the result was a draw with five matches won per team. Everyone had great fun and enjoyed the chance to meet up with nearby neighbours tempered with a little rivalry and good humour. During a well-earned supper at Saffron Walden Golf Clubhouse Manuden's captain, Nikki Atkinson, presented the trophy to Jaine Fieldhouse for Q&R and Barbara Cheney for Manuden. The trophy, kindly donated by Nigel Ackerman, will be duly engraved and we all look forward to the next match. Keep practising and join us if you can.

LADIES OF QUENDON & RICKLING!

ITV are looking for ladies who are active members of their Village community for an upcoming show and have asked Village Websites to publish the invitation below:

Quendon Lady Competes at World Masters Swimming Championships!

The Link below is an article which has recently been published in the Herts & Essex Observer series about Lizzie Bellinger, who lives in Quendon. As you will see, she has just done fantastically well at the World Masters Swimming Championships in Australia, coming home with three silver medals.

Congratulations Lizzie, and we all wish you good luck in Manchester in June!

Article from Herts & Essex Observer

Reproduced with the kind permission of Herts & Essex Newspapers Ltd.

Golf Match at Saffron Walden Golf Club

18 April saw the Quendon & Rickling Golf Society playing a match at Saffron Walden Golf Club - see below for a photograph and click on the Latest News link for more about the day.

Biography of Local Man William Winstanley

In 2007 an East Anglian publisher brought out a book about William Winstanley, who lived in Quendon in the seventeenth century. Have a look at the bottom of the Village History Page for more information about this fascinating book.

Parish Council Skip Dates 2008

See Recycling Page on this site for details

Map of Footpaths & Bridleways

We've added a great little A4 size map of the footpaths, bridleways and byways around the Village to the website. This can be found on the Facilities page, or you can get it using the link below.

Jikes Youth Centre - Newport

We have added information about this excellent local facility to our Village Facilities page so do have a look to see what they offer.

NOW AVAILABLE - New Resident Welcome Pack

We've now produced a Welcome Pack designed to inform new residents of our local facilities.

Please contact Jean James to receive a copy, tel: 01799 543388

The Link

To obtain a copy of our village newsletter, contact Maureen Hawkins on 01799 543201